Icehouse to Rear of 47/48 is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1987. Icehouse.

Icehouse to Rear of 47/48

WRENN ID
dusk-groin-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill MP: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1987
Type
Icehouse
Address
Icehouse to Rear of 47/48, Clapham Common
OS grid reference
TQ 292 749
Coordinates
51.45846, -0.14148
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The icehouse located to the rear of 47/48 Clapham Common is an early 19th-century structure. It is built of brick and set within an earth mound, featuring a rectangular plan with an apse at the north end. The entrance on the southwest side has a barrel vault made of brick.

Local climate

Icehouse to Rear of 47/48 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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